Tornado hits Oklahoma;5 people killed

Terrible weather conditions across Oklahoma led to tornadoes ripping through parts of the Southern Plains on Monday in an outbreak of violent weather in which at least 5 people have been killed,tossed cars off highways, flipped mobile homes and sent baseball-size hail crashing through windshields across the southern Plains and also the Oklahoma City area.

Department of Emergency Management said two people died in Oklahoma City and three were killed in Cleveland County, just west of Tecumseh, Oklahoma.

The storms with winds up to 165 mph speed struck around 5 p.m. CT.

Rescue workers around Oklahoma were conducting house to house visits to confirm people were safe.